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“COLLECTION PRIVEE TIRE-BOUCHONS ” NEWSLETTER
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Hello, The « Collection privée Tire-bouchons » monthly newsletter gives information related
to the website: main updates,
new links towards excellent corkscrew dedicated websites and on new
items added to the collection. You’ll
find a complete index of the newsletters published since Nr 1 by clicking
on the following link" Info letter " . There will be
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Last minute … I have received a lot of information
about this corkscrew, thanks to Hajo and Lothar, it is a German patent from Wilhelm Hartmann under
Nr 43040 dated 11.06.1897. It’s second utility is to sharpen knives. As experts are saying, this item is
quite rare and its selling price (1121 €) was not high. Congratulation to the buyer! |
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Read
the last newsletter A
new page… Corkscrews are of
course in close relationship with wine, could I even say that without wine
there is no corkscrew, indeed yes; I have then added a page dedicated to wine
lovers (see the page “liens” on the website) Summary Reader’s corner A selection of the best auctions of the month New links The collection is growing up The unusual object of the month Associations |
Corkscrew to
identify… Patrick found a superb corkscrew that he cannot
identify. Who will be able to help him to discover the name and the maker of
this object? About the
website… 13 263 visits on the
website as end of July
2005, Thanks for your fidelity! You are now a lot to know the address of the website
because half of the visitors are using a direct access. Thank you to all of the individuals who
have referenced my website on their, as a matter of fact, 12% of the visits
are realised through these indirect means, not bad at all! The information newsletter will now be available a
few days after the distribution of the French version. |
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A selection of the best auctions of the month found
on Ebay… Very
nice auctions took place this month with namely a forged steel cage corkscrew |
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Open cage corkscrew with circle and arcades
decorating cuttings. But these
cuttings also have another function as they lighten the forged steel
corkscrew. It has an Archimedean worm
and still has its worm protection in shape of a point. The auction reached 4 530 € |
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The « Désiré »
is a French multi lever corkscrew with two side levers connected together
with a flat spring that is also used as a handle. Dating from 1919, it was sold in The auction reached 1 568,37 € |
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Syroco corkscrew
representing a clown. The auction reached 691,30 € (4 135 FF) |
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Pocket corkscrew in shape of scisors. The auction reached 141 € (925
FF) |
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Superb Codd corkscrew. This
one has a small tube going through the handle to a small curved pipe. The cylindrical shaft is followed by an
helicoidally shaped worm. The auction reached 69,29 € |
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Double helix corkscrew, the second worm is placed
side by side with the fist one, authorising the cork to rotate inside the
bottle neck. This system is a British
invention designed by James Wilson (end of the 19th Century). This model have the particularity to have
an aluminium handle. The auction reached 127,47 € |
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Quick & Easy bar corkscrew patented by The auction reached 190,27 € |
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Coffee grinder corkscrews are a bit more rare. Often made of bronze, they can easily be compared to the fly-nut corkscrews, with identical working system. The fly-nut is replaced by a crank that authorises the worm to go up. On this model, it is a bladed worm, proof that this is an ancient model. The auction reached 707,56 € |
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New links…
Every month I’m trying to discover new websites related to
corkscrews: Auction, sale, collectors’
websites, or even single html pages..
1. Le tire-bouchon.net, New French website on corkscrews. A nice collection from the Pérille factory, and
it is only the beginning, as the webmaster has the idea to present his 120
pieces…
2. Wine
antique, On the
website you can read “ Wine lovers have problems to resist to old
silverware. These antiquities are to be offered for the festivals like
Christmas, a marriage, a birthday or without reason right to give pleasure”. A
page is devoted to the silver plated metal corkscrews...
Of course you can retrieve all these addresses in the
rubric LIENS of the website “Collection privée
Tire-bouchons”. Have a nice
surf !
The collection is growing up …
The number of items in the
collection as of today is 204, four
items have been added to the collection.
Simple corkscrews
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Mechanical corkscrews
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n° 208 – Corkscrew « le dard » |
n° 206 – Rack
and pinion corkscrew (not marked) |
Lever corkscrews
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Figural corkscrews
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n° 205 –ZIG
ZAG corkscrew dated 1957 |
No new item |
Multifunction corkscrews
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Pocket corkscrews
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No new item |
n° 207 – Prong
puller (not marked) |
Identification…
Still no information on these 2
corkscrews, who has an idea on their identity?
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I recently bought a T shaped corkscrew with a small disc
or button having two appendix pointing down. It makes me think to the system
used on the ’EXELSIOR LEVER made by William Gamble (Ferd
Peters – Mechanical – Pg 59, Fig. 122), but I can’t find it in any of my
books. Do somebody
have some info about this
model? (P. C)
Answer from Christ
Bristow : I know that this corkscrew is certainly not an Exelsior from Gamble. It is probably a Viarengo
patent (See the book from Fletcher and Wallis on English patents pg 103, 131,
145)!
Christ kindly sent me a copy of
these pages, but as far as I am concerned, I am not convinced … even if the
working principle is the same, the shape is not really identical. Please do not hesitate to send other
comments …
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Concerning
this second corkscrew, it looks like the « Ménagère »
made by Perille, except that the handle and the
fly-nut have sharp sides. Give your opinion ! |
The unusual object of the month …
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Every month I
will try to dig up an unusual object … always in relationship with corkscrews.This
month, I discovered a corker marked GUIRAN MARSEILLE bte S G D G. It is entirely made of aluminium. The auction
reached 25,50 €. |
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Thanks for your attention… see you soon on Collection privée tire-bouchons.
Jean-Pierre LAMY